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Blog entry | May 20, 2012 - 10:32pm
Blog entry | May 13, 2012 - 11:26pm

The day after he is to take the oath as president of France, François Hollande, is expected to travel to Berlin on 16 May to meet the German, Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Blog entry | May 6, 2012 - 11:09pm
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Blog entry | March 11, 2012 - 10:58pm

Before the end of this month, the 27 leaders of the European Council will convene once again in Brussels to increase the ‘firepower’ of the European Financial Stability Facility and its heir, the European Stability Mechanism (EFSF/ESM), with the ESM set to succeed the EFSF in July...

Blog entry | March 4, 2012 - 11:01pm

Last week the European Central Bank (ECB) allotted €529.5 billion to 800 Eurozone banks in a long-term refinancing operation accomplished on 29 February. This move helped the capital markets to gain some grounds, because it facilitates the placement of new Italian and Spanish debt paper.

Blog entry | February 26, 2012 - 9:46pm

On 25-26 February, central bankers and G20 finance ministers met in Mexico City and asked Eurozone to increase its efforts to convince global investors that it can effectively cope with potential problems that may arise in refinancing the sovereign debt of countries such as Italy and Spain.